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Particulate emboli capture by an intra-aortic filter device during aortic valve replacement

Osanan Amorim LEITE FILHO^I; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão^II; Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff^III; Marco Antônio Vieira Guedes^IV; Maria de Lourdes HIGUCHI^V; Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf^VI

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382008000300026

1. Resident doctor, Heart Institute HC-FMUSP 2. PhD in Medicine FMUSP; Assistant doctor Heart Institute HC-FMUSP. 3. Associate Professor FMUSP; Director of the Valve Disease Surgery Department of the Heart Institute HC-FMUSP. 4. Post graduate student of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Department of FMUSP 5. Livre Docente Professor of FMUSP; Director of the Pathologic Anatomy Service of the Heart Institute HC-FMUSP. 6. Titled Professor of the Cardiovascular Department of FMUSP.

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Osanan Amorim Leite Filho Avenida Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44 - Cerqueira César - São Paulo - SP -Brasil - CEP 05403-000. E-mail: osanan.filho@incor.usp.br